7 jt TO MMAMMMMMMWWMWVWM 5b OFFICIAL PAPKIt OV KLAMATH FALLS 0 itu-ejtmg OFFICIAL FAPBR OP KLAMATH OOUKTT, MMMMMMMMVWMMMMIMiM Fourteenth Year No. 4020 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1920 Price Fire I'M 4aLflE flaH "VaLsW. I sssW H aLm. ' I A A . K strain VwaamaaaaamaaaaaaaaaJC STATE FIRE LAW TO BE ENFORCED TO THE LETTERi; II, II, I'nmeroy, chlof Ntntu deputy II ru marshal utiil clilof Investigator of (ho department, loft Hnti'in lunt nlRht f(ir thin city to tnko charge of tho IrivrittlK'itloii Into tlm cause of tho Houston liotul flro, according to Ollhort W. Allen, deputy dm moriliiO nuil special representative of (lover nor'Olcott who arrived yesterday. Mr. Allen's duties In tlm depart intuit urn mliicatloiint und dual with riro prevention. Mr. I'omcroy U onu of tlm foremost exports of tlm coun try anil deal with en turn nml rnndl tlonn generally. When ho arrive to nlKht Im will tnkn full charge). Kiild Mr. Allen, who will remain to assist. Tho Investigation will iitnrt from tho tlmn when t tin flro wan first mixirtril unit k Into every detail that limy havo a hearing uion It. i Ymlerilny' prolin rovenled rondt formed tho purchase ot about 1000 tlonn thut demand the fullest Invcstl- foot of hoso nml some re palm for tho KMlmi, mild Mr Allon, mid ho snjflro truck wan an far nit tho councll'n Ji ot I fled tho Kovnruor'n ofllcii hy wlro action extended. with tho rrnult that tlm expert wan ordered to lenvo at oucn for thin city. ' I .nut year'n report of tho flro mar lihal an flro hniardn that oxlitod horn ami tho method of heltorlng condltlonn wan utterly disregarded, until Mr. Alton. Now tho itato will takn control, superseding tho council In at leant two mutton hotel pro tection and gaiollno storage. Tlieno matter wilt be remedied at onco, "Wo will net without personal prejuillro," until tho Mate's rrpro sohtnlUo, "hut when w nro through tho matter will have been thorough ly lifted and thu htanio will be plac ed whero It belong!. I am not pro pared to .iy nt thli tlmo w'hern It belong but wo certainly will hew to tho linn, regardless of who l -hurt. "Tho slata law will ho on forced to tho lottor. Fire escupen nml proper eiltn must go on every rooming Iioumi In town. It wjll roit tho own era of tho property money, of course, but whou tho order goon out It must Im AAinlillnil tullli lullliln h ..y,.i,Hl.l.. bo compiled with within a reasonable tlmo, which wilt bo fixed later." Mr. Allen said Hint every bit of gutollno stored In tho city would ho In underground containers before tho state finished Its regulatory cam palgn hero. Ho Indicated that run rny council had had Its opportunity to pass pro tective ordinance und abate tho haz ards that oxlst. A year ago, at con siderable cost In money and tlmo, a Ore survey was mado horo hy tho htato marshal and a report mado to tho council recommending changes In ordinances and tho stops that should bo taken for protection. Ono of tho steps was tho Incroaso of tho flro department to four paid members. On thn night of tho lira Chlof Ambrose was tho only paid and trnlnod man In tho onglno houso. Ills assistant, Mark Howard. "" """ ii ii'v ii) mo minim. ( Tho mayor was supposed to liavo,.nr U) ti,0li0 w1() nro bereaved of), MICKIE SAYS ? Nfc OOHt lKt f M WTUttKD J RCNtMtH' NW UMCVtOH Vt'ON MtStK. TUtiM MNT MOtUm T ?(LtiMC.M-r S. V-KOfAl t M.N' TM0 M tUSC SSrSM hi ft-ntAt, ukc otvt of uuf. svDsunsknv w fl It . BMSnBejnn aSJBrvMek miw f i'"' MOTION I'lUrUIIK HTAIt IHIIS IN 1'Allltt HOSPITAL 1'AltlH, Hopt. 10. Ollvn ThoiiuiH, itiutlon iilrttirn ntiir, (llml In tlm Anmrlrnn hospital last Hundny sufforliiK from slow poisoning, Ilor physician until thut Mint took tho poison liy mis take. Him en m 0 Imro recently with Imr husband, Jack I'lckfonl, and hail licen nufforliiK with nurvouri prostration. secured n substitute hut say that no tralnnd inmi win to ho found, Thrvo nthtir flritiiinii, who rtnt not on salary, hut who rocolva lodging free for stooping In tho onKlnn hnunn, worn at their post. Hnvcri tit'tln aro provided for thin clan of flrumun. Non 11 of tho ordinances recom mended worn adoptoil, Tho ordl nunco governing gasoline storage wan debated for a tlmo hut (lnully pigeonholed, for political reason too long to discus hero. (ThU In tho Herald's statement, not Mr. Al len'.) An far an tho Herald In In Ono truck In not enough for tho rlty'n noedn, says Mr. Allon, anil tho depnrtmont In lacking In much eR nontlnl equipment. In other words both men and npparatun aro needed. Ono I unolenn without tho other and tho depnrtmont mint bo built from tlm ground up. Last year tho flro manilial muda a coniprehennlvo nurvoy of tho cltlen of the ntato and mndo a report on local condition In each, with remedial recommendation!. Mr. Allen nay that Klamath Fall nlnmi let thn ronorl nnd Its recom 1 inen,lnilon no nnlieo.lml. - Towns i thnlf tho ilin of Klamnth Kalis, with i I I only n portion of Its resources, listen-1 ed to tho warning and purchased flro fighting apparatus to cope with I conditions outlined In tho repert: - Wlth tho oxcoptlnn of tho White rollcan hotel, every placo of lodging lug In tho city will bo effected In greater or less degree by orders for I remodeling to comply with tho tntc'd m s. flro law. Tho local tragedy., coming close on tho heels of tho Klton apartments 'flro In Portland, whoro four lives were Innt. will bring about n change remains oi iiri ...,.. In iho state flro law. Mr. Allon ho, known hero as Ilobort Dawson, have Hove. Legislative sentiment had ''" Identified by Loon K. 8ulllvnn noarly reached tho point whero n law of this city. Mr. Sullvlan. among 'providing for enclosed ntnlrwnys nnd'othor ovldences. pointed out that the nreaways that would shut oft draft suspensory found on tho body was 'In a burning building and prevent I used to support an artificial limb. thn sucking of thn flames from a power floor upward and throughout thn building was a possibility. Thriie latest tragedies will mnko It or- jwholmtngly posslblo to pass the Inw, ha believes. Portland at present Is working upon a city ordlnanco con tnlnlng thenn provisions. And If this comes to pass, said Mn Allon, tho loss ot llfo will huvo Its Vrnmiiensatlon In tho snlvntlnn of olh or lives In thn futuro. dreadful and wmimlt consolation us It must np I menus anil roiaiivos. "No grander monument could bo, orecion to mo victims or tno "''mumorai norvlcos will bo hold In tho hotel lire. Anyone knowing Mr. Cal hotol flro than this," ho snld, "and I whU,0fk cnapoi. An offbrt will bo.lowny's whereabouts Is asked to noil- run iiiiiik oi no im.ru nuimi pi-i..'"t .,, to nllV0 n tho churches In tho'fy tho Rod Cross, chamber ot com I Illin 111 IB Lit.. .... ,...,, I tl. l a uKMiInn nftil 'mnrsn rnnnti " 'Thoy died nn martyrs for hotter flro provonttou laws and methods,' " Mr. Allon addressed tho chamber nt coinmorco membership forum nt tho noon luncheon nt tho Whlto I'ol lean today, usklng co-operation ot tho chamber In tho campaign for flro protoctlon. Ho told ot his visit horo a year ago and Its nogllglblo rosults but said this tlmo thoro would bo ro sults. Tho co-oporatlon ot tno chamber waa promtsod. Flit. MARSHAL'S OITICK PRKDIdT.D OONKiamiATION 8ALEM, Ore., Ropt. 10. Mon day's flro at Klamath Falls, It Is pointed out by ofllclalH horo, was practically forocast by members of tho'stato flro inarslial'H ofllce In n report following a survey ot tiro haz ards In thut city In Boptembei-, 1010. In that report it waa polntod out that no ordinance regulating the and that unless this condition was corrected Immediately "Klamth (Continued on rage Four) MM TNT1 HOTEL VICTIMS What naomn to ho Invulnornblo ovldetico of tho truo namo of tho IS or 17 yor old girl whoso llfo wan nnuffed out In tho Ilounton hotel flm wan given to Deputy Coroner C. C. McCoppen ycitorday by F. E. Wilson, of Medford. Mr. WlllOD. llU nlno positively Identified tho ramalns. by tho California-Oregon Power com llln Identification boom out tba de-pnny and formulato a ntatomont of ductloni ot tho deputy coroner who, Immediate nflor tho flro, stated that tho remains In qucntlon worn those ot tho girl known hero as draco Hall. According to Mr. Wilson, who cnnio horo from Medford to help solvo tho mystery of tho misting girl, ho had been Intimately acquainted tour ot western projects to familiar with her In Medford, and had definite zo hlmsolf with tholr physical char- knnwtodgo of her departure for this city Innt wok Whlto In Medford sho confided to Mr. Wilson, and per- Imps to others, that her married nnmo wan Daisy I'arkor. This namo conflicts but slightly with tho namo llolly I'arker, as sho was known by soma people hero. Her maldon namo, said Mr. Wilson, was Oraco Hall, and her husband, a man 47 years of ago, Is living somewhoro In tho vicinity of Albany. As Mr. Wil son's story goos, tho girl w practic ally forced Into a marrlago with Par kor, hut Incompatibility In their domestic lives prompted hor to leave him. As stated before tho girl's father resides In Portland. Identi fication was rondo possible by the re covery of articles which Mr. Wilson avors wero the proporty of the girl Her romalns, however, hare not been claimed, und will bo burred with the . ... ...... 1.1 II rest ot mo uniaenuuou or uou.nn; nouics lomorruw muiums. Iilrntltirit Not Hufflcliiit J-' The remains ot Mrs. O. Mltfrr- j,, sm t)aUKhter, Leona, or what aro confidently believed to bb tholr remains, nro still numocroa among ,., i,in.m,i Mr. midnrbnck ovl ny nol considering that sufficient levldcnco has been disclosed to Justify hm , clalmlnB tnom. DiiIUm Man Clnlnw Hotly such as Dawson or niodgett nnu. J. I., lltodgott. of Dallas, Ore., father ot tho unfortunato man, Instructod tho coroner to ship the remains thoro, and tho Instructions wore com piled with this morning. Tho romalns ot Robert Harmon woro shipped to Roddlng, California, whoro ho will bo burled by tho Kaglcs' lodgo. Ilurlnl Tomorrow; Horvlcc Hundny Deputy Ccronor C. C. McCoppen has announced definitely that tho un ,,,, um, ,mc,inoil bodies will , .llri.,.i ,, mnmlnir. 8umluy uftorl,00, nt 3 o'clock, tllj TUIlIL'BVIll'l.'ll lit UUO PVMIlUt tho public will bo welcome to attend. 1-oraoiis who doslro to place flowora upon tho graves of tho victims may leavo thorn nt tho undertaking parlors. PORTLAND. Sopt. 10. -Tho Mrs. Dolly I'arkor, whoso nuildon nnmo Is glvon In Klamuth Falls dispatches as Miss Oraco Hall, und who Is reported to be one ot thoso burnod to death In Monday morning's dlsasterous fire, Is believed to be Mrs. Dolly Florence Parker of Portland, daugh ter ot Mr. and Mrs. Otho A. Hall, 2165 Sacramento street , Mr. Hall says ho Is certain tho vic tim is his daughter. Mrs. Parker Is but 16 years of ago, according to hor father, but looks 19. She weighed ICtTpounds, was G feet i Inches tall, dark eyes and hair, and had the appenrance ot being heavy set. She is said to have been exceptionally bright tor hor age, and to have been handy at nearly any kind ot work. The girl and Joe Parker were mar ried In March. They lived together for about tiro Months. Slaoe that SKIS CHAMBER SHOULD DIG "Tho Klamath county chamber of coinmorco will do a Krcat service for tho community If It carrion out lt proponed plan of appointing a com mission to Investigate carefully tho ,entlro question rotating to tho build In nf a rerulntlnrr rfnm In Link rlvor fncts covering tho matter." This was tho opinion expressed to day by Ottamur Itamolo, of Washing ton, D. C, chlof council of tho United Htaten reclamation servlco. Mr. Ilamelo succeeds Judgo Will R. King of Oregon, and took up the duties of tho offlco Juno 1C. lie Is making a acterlstlcs, climatic conditions and peculiarities ot local problems. Ho remained hero for a day looking orcr tho Klamath project, "Fow of tho people of Klamath county understand tho Issues Involv- Cil In this controversy or tho great tmportnnco of the quostlon to this project," continued Mr. Hamele. "Many not only do not understand tho case, but havo opinions wholly unsupported by tho facts. It would certainly bo a groat public sorvlco for tho commercial club to look Into the wholo matter and then give the pco pie what they are entitled to an un biased story ot the facts. The Im portant point for folki on this project to keep In mind Is that the project cannot safely be expanded further without a regulating dam at the out let ot Upper Klamath lake." Chlof Counsel Hamole was asked to give his opinion as to the merits of the controversy, but declined. "I "novo Jooked Into the matter with considerable rare," he said, "and have some definite Ideas on tho "ubject. but their statement nt this tlmo would probably serve no useful purpose "Secretary Payne Is Investigating and will undoubtedly analyze tho wholo situation carefully. I am cer tain ho will como to a speedy and clear-cut decision, and 'It will rest upon tho morlts ot the case entirely." Mr. Hamele looked ovor the un covered land ot Lower Klamath lake, also tho Tule lako lands, now show ing such abundant crops. He also visited the partly constructed dam In Link river. Ho cxpressod confidence in the ability and integrity ot H. D. Newell, local project manager In very high terms. His noxt stop In hit tour of pro jects will be at tho Orlnnd project,, California. II. V CAI.LOWAVH W1KK WANTS TO IIKAIl OK HIS SAFKTV ' Mrs. H. V. Calloway ot Kallspol, fnnr rtna ntrnl llm lnCnl Daii f?ma 'to locato her husband. II. V. Callo Ivmv. and nllav her anxletv that he might havo perished In tho Houston vJ ww,.,. HUMORIST IS VISITING CUATKIt IiAKr. THIS WKKK Irvln S. Cobb, note:! nutlior and humorist, arrived at Crater lako Wednesday and was still sightseeing thoro yesterday, according to roports brought back by local visitors at the lake. Whothor Mr. Cobb will visit Klam ath Falls on his way out was not learned. time she has earned her own living, the father says. She has nover written home, the parents keeping track of her through a gr friend In the neighborhood with, whom she corresponded regularly, Shortly after leaving her .husband Mrs. Parker went to the, home ot nn uncle, Daniel MasOeltl of Salem, where she worked. Hall -said that his daughter had ibeen trying to keep away from her khuabaad. Tha reason for their sep aration he could no give, faricer la aid to have written to Hall several 1 time asking, fc tba mdrsa.oC- ni INTO DISPUTE H ' ... J, i. HAYH DONATIONS WKHK LIMITED TO f 1,000 KACII CHIOAOO, Hopt. 10. Krcd W. Upham, national treasurer, today told tho sonata invcstl- gating commlttco that ho took full responsibility for tho pro- posal to ralso tho limit of Indl- vldual Ilopubllcan campaign contributions from $1,000 to $10,000. "I was rotcd down by a large majority at a mooting In Now York," ho said. "I hoped tho lid would bo raised and I did recommend $10,000 as tho limit," Upham said. "I prosentod tho proposl- Hon at a meeting In New York but was voted down and as I stepped from tho room I told Mr. Illalr to telegraph. his men In Chicago not to send out form No. 101. 4 FALLACY OF LOW INTEREST BILL BARED "Tho buslncgg; the tarmer and the homo owner will be practi cally ruined through .the enactment of the proposed D per cent Interest Rate bill, unless a far-reach lag cam paign of education Is carried oa In every county In the state and the people be made to understand the real troth of this vlcloma measure," said Lloyd Riches, secretary ot the Oregon State Editorial Aaaoclatloa, speaking, before the weekly forum of Klaosath Falls bustaew aaen this noon at the White Pelican hotel. "I have been over a great part of thfVate and everywhere I flad a fr4manrieop woe do eat aaaerr stand the measure and aro Infaror ot It. Those who do realize what the proposed measure means are gener ally In a state of apathy and I tell you honestly that unless the people of this state wake up, a tow radicals wilt foist upon tho state the most ruinous measure ot ultra-radical leg islation ever proposed In this state. "Briefly statod, the S per cent In terest Rato bill Is a constitutional amendment. It will appear on the ballot at the November election and, if passed, will reduce the legal rate of Interest from 6 per cent to 4 per cent and the maximum contract rate from. 10 per cent to E per cent, and provides that the contract rate shall be Inclusive ot any and all broker age and commissions. "Without thought this bill will ap peal to those who want to borrow cheap money, and that Is a large per contago ot tho people. But a little careful thought shows that It will defeat its own ends by forcing both foreign and local capital to seek In vestments outside of tho state. "You can, by law, regulato tho rates ot Intorcst, but you cannot, by law, force anyone to loan money. It they do not want to do so. Rates ot Interest nro regulated by tho law of , , , , ... ., supply and demand and todny tho ' K ' demand Is so great that you or I can loan our money, en gllt-odgo secur ity, for from 8 to U per cent. Would you loan your money In Oregon at S per cent wlion you can secure 9 per cent somowhoro olsoT "Under tho operation ot this law business mon and farmers will be Un nblo to borrow money when thoy noed It to ttdo them ovor a tow weoks. Farmers and home-owners who have mortgages on their places will be unable to renow these mort gages and naturally forced Into fore closure court. Industries would bo handicapped In expansion and neces sary Improvements and laborers would suffer as a result, "The evident effect ot such a law appears so clear to those who under stand It that It seems that no one would bo foolish enough to favor auch a bill, But tho fact remains that many well-meaning and Intelli gent people In the state do favor It, through a misunderstanding, and I urge you mon to carry the message I giro you Into every corner of your county." Mr. Richie also called attention to the menace of the Non-partisan (Continued on Page Four) OFFICIAL E IS Acting Coroner C. 0. McCoppen la up In arms over what he terma the shabby treatment meted out to him by tho county court and by the city council whllo ho Is earnestly and as siduously endeavoring to cany out tho duties which tho Houston hotel flro has placed upon htm. First of all, said Mr. McCoppea, ho applied to the county court for assistance In tho work of removing bodies, Valuables, and other articles which might bo valuable In tracing Identities .of the victims. Judge Bunnell, so ho says, totd him to hire all the men ho needed, but whea ao went out Into the highways and by ways and tried to hire men he found that It would bo impossible to secure enough help, and that It was ex tremely hard to get even the three or four men who have ' been helping him, because In these pay-as-you-go days people do not care to wait a month for their remuneration. He was vouchsafed no other assistance, and the work, according to Mr. Mc Coppen," has been shamefully delayed. What la needed, says the deputy cor- aoer, lsfnore concrete evidence ot the early production of the necessary wherewithal to pay for the labor, and unless this. Is forthcoming, tae work will be protracted leag after the tlsaa la which any county eeart. wltk tiki Cfctest vestige of pride and kaawledge of Its datiea, weald ever t&lak ot perafUlag It to lag. Aad M, the deputy coroaer U wratay and believes the public should kaow the facta. Mayor aad FoUce Criticised Mr. McCoppea believes In taking all the territory available, and has lactnded the aity coancll aad the aa. tlriiitkSXH-la hls'-erHlchrms. Ha' states that It is castomary, and nec essary too, for the police to extend adequate protection to the coroner la the discharge of his duties, aad Us the event ot a fire such aa occurred here the police department should ropa off the burned area, and prevent people from digging and exploring indiscriminately In the debr(s. The coroner, declares Mr. McCoppen. should not be Impeded in his work ot recovery and identification, aad must not be deprived of even the slightest clue that might he of service to him. But the mayor has not glvea him any evidence ot the slightest In clination to assist In this most Im portant work, and prefers to place the city In a position where discredit may be attached to It with not a chance In the wide, wide world to refuto It. Chief Wilson ot tho police depart ment Is scored heartily also. Mr. McCoppen says that It appears to be tho chiefs sole aim and duty to sit In a swivel chair In his offlco and let things take their own course. He doesn't know a great deal, he says, about tho mechanisms of pollco de partments, but regardless of local customs he thinks that if the chief , ,. ,, . ..... cannot find a. patrolman to detail for .,,, , ,. . ..j u. wi nbvuo ui lug UU UD might smash a precedent or two und patrol tho place himself. Tho least tho pollco department could do, con tinued tho acting coroner. Is to rope off the placo and keop people who have no buslnoss in tho burned area where they belong. As tar as he has boon ablo to learn, tho only times a patrolman has been near the fire site lately, aro at odd Intervals when he forgot himself and .strayed unadver tantly Into tho district where, If the chief did his duty, he woujd be sta tioned permanently. STANDARD OIL MAVAO-B TRANSFERRED TO CALIFORNIA T. J. Mortell, agent for the Stan dard Oil company here for the past year, has been transterrod to Folsom, Calf He left today for Bacramento, accompanied by Mrs. Mortell and, son and, daughter. Mr, Mortell did not know Who his successor will be, the appolpttnont Having not yet been annpuued. WKATHKR REPORT Oregoii-rTonlght and Saturday. I1FF DC -? t i . --T